Tips & Glitches

Driving dates must be played by the rules, but for other date types, there are shortcuts:

Using a Maverick to take girlfriends out is helpful for some of the more secluded ones (Helena, Barbara), allowing you to complete a food or dance date before they get bored.

Driving a motorcycle on a date pretty much gives you a free pass to drive recklessly. CJ can hit other cars, solid objects, fall/fly off the bike with his girlfriend, etc. and none of this will upset them. This also helps you reach distant dates before the girl gets bored. However, any "stunt" driving will get a complaint.

(None of this is relevant for Katie, as she likes horrible driving).

Sometimes a girlfriend will be absent from their house for over 24 hours. If this happens, dying, getting arrested, or completing a mission seem to be the only ways to get them spawning for dates again.

If the player has collected all the oysters in the game, Carl's sex appeal will be at its maximum; thus, the girlfriends wouldn't really care how Carl would look, making all dates possible.

Trivia

On rare occasions, while the player is dating a girlfriend, he can be spotted by another girlfriend.[1]

If the player has collected all the oysters in the game, Carl can find all of his girlfriends (except Denise and Millie) again in their usual place where they first met, even though Carl had killed them or abandoned them.

During Vigilante, girlfriend models are sometimes used as criminals.[2]